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Urgent tax advice issued to self-employed people in Cumbria
10 May 2025 09:28 GMT
Carlisle-based accountants, Saint & Co, have advised that the Government's Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment (MTD for ITSA) initiative will require sole traders and landlords earning over £50,000 per year to maintain digital records …
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Vale of Glamorgan self-employed childminder wins national award for first time
10 May 2025 08:12 GMT
Sarah Sharpe, from Barry, who has been a childminder for 13 years, was awarded the accolade at the 25th Accolades Award Ceremony.
This year was the first time childminders had been finalists at the event, with Ms Sharpe chosen as a winner.
Ms Sharpe says …
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Former Iowa worker convicted for role in PPP fraud conspiracy
10 May 2025 08:10 GMT
Timothy T. Duax U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa
A former worker at a meatpacking plant in Algona, Iowa, has been convicted of fraud related to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Yovany Ciero, 48, from Mason City, Iowa, …
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Canada unemployment rises in April as manufacturing sheds jobs
10 May 2025 04:18 GMT
Canada’s unemployment rate rose to 6.9% in April, its highest level since November, as the manufacturing sector suffered under mounting pressure from US tariffs, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
The jobless rate climbed from 6.7% in March, surpassing …
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Y Media Business & Wealth Report: Canada Adds 7,400 Jobs In April but Unemployment Rises To 6.9% – Statcan
09 May 2025 22:45 GMT
Employment was little changed in April (+7,400; +0.0%) and the employment rate declined 0.1 percentage points to 60.8%. The unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points to 6.9%.
In April, employment fell among core-aged (25 to 54 years old) women ( …
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Socso counter at Sibu Central Market for self-employed workers, housewives
08 May 2025 12:06 GMT
Catt (facing camera, left) and Socso officer Mohd Al-Hafiz Suprani on her left engage with a hawker today.
SIBU (8 May): The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has set up a counter at the Sibu Central Market to facilitate self-employed workers and …
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Nigeria’s creative industry is projected to create 2.7 million more jobs by 2025: Abbas
09 May 2025 13:44 GMT
Recently, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, highlighted the creative sector as Nigeria’s second-largest employer, with the potential to generate an additional 2.7 million jobs by 2025.
Hon. Abbas made this remark in Abuja …
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Best retirement plans for the self-employed
09 May 2025 07:55 GMT
Retirement plans for the self-employed range from the good to the outrageously good, and can allow you to save much more than you ever could with a traditional employer plan. A well-chosen retirement plan can allow entrepreneurs and the self-employed to …
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Senatorial race: Perceptions of Metro Manila informal sector workers
08 May 2025 19:52 GMT
By Maria Catalina M. Tolentino
WHAT do the Informal Sector (IS) workers think about the forthcoming senatorial race? Why did we choose them for the study? Because they comprise approximately half of the Philippine workforce. In the voting population, they …
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Specialist Spotlight: Helping self-employed borrowers navigate the market
08 May 2025 15:02 GMT
The self-employed mortgage segment is among the fastest-growing sectors in the US mortgage space in recent years – but what are some of the challenges associated with those deal types, and how can they be managed? We spoke with Loan Factory’s Shamir …